Cristiano Ronaldo’s future plans show he’s gotten tired

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Portugal’s GOAT Cristiano Ronaldo poured cold water on the oversized view some fans have of him recently while revealing his plans for the future. His statement showed he was finally slowing down.

Months ago, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner started to reveal how he felt and his dreams for the future. In his recent interview, which he also referred to this time, he pointed out that he wanted to do more and accomplish more, but that his intelligence was telling him he was not the same as he was several years ago.

‘It’s hard to say that I don’t want more,’ disclosed Ronaldo. ‘Because if I’m at a club that gives me the opportunity to win more things, why not, and in the national team too. I know I don’t have many years left playing, four or five more. We’ll see, and I want to win more things.’

‘You have to be intelligent and know that at 18, 20 or 25 you are not the same as at 35. That is the maturity, the experience, the intelligence to understand that maybe you lose some things to win others and have balance right to keep competing and be at the highest level.

‘That’s not easy, but it seems like it to me, because I show year after year that the numbers speak for themselves.

‘I don’t have to tell you that I’m very good, because the numbers are there. The facts are facts, the rest is not. It doesn’t matter at all.

‘That’s why I’m very happy with my form, I’m still scoring goals, helping people, teams, both in the national team and at Manchester United and that’s why I want to continue like this.’

This time around, the player said he has started to think more short-term because of things that have taken place in his life and that he only tries to enjoy the moment these days instead of setting one goal after another. But he said nothing about not ending his career in his 40s as he planned.

‘Things have happened in my life, both on a personal and professional level, that make me think more in the short term nowadays,’ the 38-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo said. ‘People say I’m going to play on until I’m 40 or 41 years old. I don’t set these targets. It’s a question of just enjoying the moment, which is a good moment.

‘I feel good. My body is responding to how I’ve treated it over the years. I’m happy both at my club and in the Selecao. I’ve scored plenty of goals, I feel in good shape physically. It’s a question of enjoying the moment.’